A DeWitt Township police officer was critically injured in a crash Monday morning.

A DeWitt Township police officer was in critical condition Monday morning after he crashed his patrol car into a utility pole while responding to a call for service.

The Lansing State Journal reports the officer, a 31-year-old man, was responding to a suicidal subject about 5 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve along Herbison Road west of Schavey road. He struck trees and the utility pole, causing hundreds of power outages in the area.

The officer was in critical condition at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing about noon, according to the State Journal. Authorities say heavy fog could have factored into the crash.